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  313. How Russia saw Trump: ‘A potential asset and an exploitable victim’

‘Wow,” Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Moscow, exclaimed on Twitter in late October. “We still need to understand why Trump remains so intent on appeasing Putin.”
What set off McFaul was testimony from a top State Department official that “senior officials in the White House” had blocked the department from condemning Moscow for attacking Ukrainian ships in the Azov Sea. And on that day it was telling that even McFaul, a Kremlin-watcher for nearly 40 years, was struggling to put his finger on exactly what had driven the president of the United States into the Russian strongman’s arms, tugging the Republican Party along with him.
Trump’s affinity for Vladimir Putin seemed to glow red during a now-notorious 2018 Helsinki news conference when he sided with the former KGB agent’s denials of election interference over U.S. intelligence agencies’ findings. But so much else has erupted before and since, from revelations that he was secretly pursuing a Moscow hotel deal during the 2016 campaign, to exposés of his business relations with Russian oligarchs, to his continuing criticism of the NATO alliance, to his acquiescence to Russian troops taking over abandoned U.S. bases in Syria, to his pressure on Ukraine’s president to say publicly that Kyiv, not Moscow, had hacked the computers of the Democratic National Committee.

It makes you wonder, as the TV detectives say. Why do men go bad? Mole hunters have an acronym for it: MICE, which stands for money, ideology, coercion/compromise and ego/excitement. Trump qualifies for three out of four that explain his attachment to Moscow. Ideology’s not one of them, notwithstanding Trump’s crude nationalist populism that in many ways apes Putin’s kleptocratic rule. According to New York state records Trump changed party registrations at least five times over the years.

On his arm was his first wife, Ivana, a native of communist Czechoslovakia, whose Moscow-controlled spy service, the StB, had long counted her father as an informant, according to authoritative reporting cited by Nance. Her 1977 marriage to Trump had prompted the Czechs to open a dossier on him. “We knew that Trump was influential. He didn’t hide that he wanted to become president one day,” the StB’s then-chief said years later. “We were interested in learning more things about him.”
Especially his weaknesses. In Trump, they found two, a hunger for money and a raging ego, not to mention a lust for beautiful women. They began dangling opportunities — the Miss Universe contest, Trump Tower Moscow. They treated him like a potentate, affording him the bedroom suite reserved for princes and presidents at the Moscow Ritz-Carlton. Then, in the wake of Trump’s Atlantic City bankruptcies, Trump found new sources of cash from Russian sources, including the Kremlin-connected Deutsche Bank, Russian oligarchs who bought luxury condos in Trump Tower and “New York City allies from the former Soviet Union” who partnered with him in real estate deals from SoHo to Baku. One of them, Felix Sater, would eventually be accused of laundering hundreds of millions of dollars stolen from a Kazakhstan bank “to develop a Trump Tower in Moscow,” according to a lawsuit reported by the Associated Press.

That Trump wanted the details of his financial sources kept secret (along with his tax returns) was all the better, It gave Putin a better hold on him, a tool for coercion.
From the beginning, Russia had used “the MICE strategy to bring him under its sway, as his interest in Russia clearly blinded him. Trump was a potential asset and an exploitable victim worth keeping.”
Judging by his Russia-related decisions and pronouncements, the strategy has worked. Trump has dismissed Moscow’s subversion of American politics and pursued debunked conspiracy theories tying Ukraine to Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Equally important to Moscow’s strategic goals, he’s disparaged NATO and, by championing Brexit, undermined the European Union.
To longtime observers, Trump’s transformation of the GOP from hard-line cold warriors to muted bystanders has been astounding. Here again, the possible role of foreign money, Russian oligarchs and front groups provided millions of dollars for the campaigns of key Republican senators.
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  331.  @frankieb9444  Trump’s Lies and Tweets leading up to the January 6th, Storming of the Capital by crazed Trump supporters: Dec. 12: On the day of pro-Trump rallies in Washington, D.C., Trump tweeted "Wow! Thousands of people forming in Washington (D.C.) for Stop the Steal. Didn’t know about this, but I’ll be seeing them! #MAGA." Dec. 12: "WE HAVE JUST BEGUN TO FIGHT!!!" Trump said in another tweet. Dec. 18: “Republican Senators have to get tougher, or you won’t have a Republican Party anymore. We won the Presidential Election, by a lot. FIGHT FOR IT. Don’t let them take it away!" Dec. 19: Trump tweeted his praise for a report by his adviser Peter Navarro alleging election fraud: "A great report by Peter. Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 Election. Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!" Dec. 26: Trump tweeted: "The ‘Justice’ Department and the FBI have done nothing about the 2020 Presidential Election Voter Fraud, the biggest SCAM in our nation’s history, despite overwhelming evidence. They should be ashamed. History will remember. Never give up. See everyone in D.C. on January 6th." Dec. 27: "See you in Washington, DC, on January 6th. Don’t miss it. Information to follow!" Trump tweeted. Jan. 1: "The BIG Protest Rally in Washington, D.C., will take place at 11.00 A.M. on January 6th. Locational details to follow. StopTheSteal!" Trump tweeted. Jan. 1: "January 6th. See you in D.C." Trump tweeted. Jan. 3: Trump retweeted @JenLawrence21, an organizer of a March for Trump bus tour: "Now we will bring it to DC on Jan 6 and PROUDLY stand beside you!" Jan. 3: Trump retweeted Amy Kremer, another promoter of the march who said, "We are excited to announce the site of our January 6th event will be The Ellipse in the President’s Park, just steps from the White House!" Jan. 3: Trump retweeted @CodeMonkeyZ: "If you are planning to attend peaceful protests in DC on the 6th, i recommend wearing a body camera. The more video angles of that day the better." Jan. 4: At a rally in Georgia the day before the Senate runoffs, Trump repeated his grievances about his own election. He spoke about a continued fight, both for himself and the Senate. "If the liberal Democrats take the Senate and the White House — and they’re not taking this White House — we’re going to fight like hell, I’ll tell you right now," Trump said. "We’re going to take it back," Trump said. Which of these reprehensible inflammatory lies would you care to discuss? We both know how this story ended, Trump’s crazed mob stormed the Capital and tried to injure, kidnap, murder, hang, etc. our Congress.
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  480.  @nukembear2345  Treasonous Trump at Helsinki shortly after 6 U.S. Intelligence Agencies confirmed Putin hacked DNC and assisted Trump in the election: “My people came to me, [Director of National Intelligence] Dan Coats came to me and some others saying they think it's Russia. I have President Putin, he just said it’s not Russia,” Trump said. “I will say this, I don’t see any reason why it would be.” Trump has labeled as a “hoax” the U.S. intelligence reports that Putin placed bounties on American soldiers. “The president is seemingly smitten with the Russian president. Trump cannot stop praising him”. Trump: “Putin has done a really great job of outsmarting our country. He could not have been nicer. He was so nice. He is really very much of a leader. He said nice things about me. I like him because he called me a genius. Putin did call me a genius.” Trump when asked about Putin ordering the assassinations of journalists: “We got a lot of killers—a lot of killers. Why do you think our country is so innocent? You think our country is so innocent?… Take a look at what we’ve done too. Putin is no different than us”. Trump congratulated Putin on winning reelection, giving his sham election legitimacy. He considered visiting Putin on Russian soil despite the fact that Russia attacked the U.S. election. He also gave Putin a PR victory on coronavirus by accepting a large delivery of medical supplies from Russia, a move that was regarded as a stunt by Moscow. He pleases Putin over and over again, constantly criticizing NATO. To this day, Putin wants to weaken the alliance. And speaking of alliances, the president asked allies to let Russia back into the G-7. The other member nations refused. He also invited Moscow to the G-7 summit again. Allies rejected him. But Trump doesn’t just praise Putin. The president has also praised far-right European leaders aligned with Putin. He likes to tell Moscow secrets about the U.S. Four months into his presidency, the president gave classified intelligence to the Russians inside the Oval Office. Trump directed the CIA to share more with Russia, according to two former CIA officials. Even though the U.S. received nothing in return. The Trump administration considered returning two diplomatic compounds in New York and Maryland to Russia after they were seized for spying.
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  656. Trump touts Putin’s speaking out against his impeachment

Late Friday night, minutes before deplaning in Florida for the holidays, President Trump retweeted a link to an article in which Russian President Vladi­mir Putin defended him against impeachment.
“A total Witch Hunt!” the president tweeted at 10:30 p.m., as he shared a 36-hour-old Associated Press tweet that read: “BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin says U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment is far-fetched and predicts the U.S. Senate will reject it.”
Trump’s boasting of Putin’s support comes a day after The Washington Post reported that White House advisers feared Trump’s belief that Ukraine, not Russia, was responsible for interfering with the 2016 election was spurred by conversations Trump had with Putin.

Trump’s critics responded to the tweet, expressing exasperation more than incredulity.
“At the end of the day, it’s always Putin First,” wrote conservative commentator and “Never Trumper” Bill Kristol.

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the U.S. House of Representatives Dec. 19 of having "invented" a story to "revise" history and impeach President Trump. (Reuters)
“Trump wants us to know that Putin has his back. We know,” tweeted Eric Columbus, a former Justice Department appointee in the Obama administration.
“Putin is a dictator who jails opponents, kills opponents, invades neighbors, interferes in democracies’ elections, etc. I don’t think an American president should be buddying with him. I wonder if Trump defenders are ever (secretly) embarrassed by this stuff. I hope so,” wrote Jay Nordlinger, a senior editor at the right-leaning National Review.
At his annual end-of-the-year news conference on Thursday, Putin was asked about Trump’s impeachment. He called the charges “completely fabricated reasons.”
[[Putin stays in Trump’s corner on impeachment]]
That evening, Russian state media, which follows Putin’s lead, also threw its support behind Trump.

Donald Trump is the third president in U.S. history to face a Senate trial. (The Washington Post)
Popular Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Soloviev gave an impassioned defense of Trump on his evening show, raising his voice several times in a discussion with Atlantic Council expert Ariel Cohen.
“I can’t understand for what reason [Democrats] don’t like Trump,” Soloviev said.
Days earlier, on his two-hour Sunday night program, anchor Dmitry Kiselyov opined about how Hollywood has joined the Democrats in being against Trump, portraying him as “always on the dark side.”
And the state-sponsored Rossiya-1 news channel, which airs Soloviev’s show, recently broadcast segments of Rudolph W. Giuliani’s interview with right-wing channel One America News, in which the president’s personal attorney promoted debunked conspiracy theories about Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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  766. Trump touts Putin’s speaking out against his impeachment


A souvenir shop in Moscow displays Matryoshka dolls featuring President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Misha Friedman/AFP/Getty Images)
By Colby Itkowitz and Isabelle Khurshudyan
December 21 at 10:31 AM MT

Late Friday night, minutes before deplaning in Florida for the holidays, President Trump retweeted a link to an article in which Russian President Vladi­mir Putin defended him against impeachment.
“A total Witch Hunt!” the president tweeted at 10:30 p.m., as he shared a 36-hour-old Associated Press tweet that read: “BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin says U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment is far-fetched and predicts the U.S. Senate will reject it.”
Trump’s boasting of Putin’s support comes a day after The Washington Post reported that White House advisers feared Trump’s belief that Ukraine, not Russia, was responsible for interfering with the 2016 election was spurred by conversations Trump had with Putin.
[[Former White House officials say they feared Putin influenced the president’s views on Ukraine and 2016 campaign]]
Trump’s critics responded to the tweet, expressing exasperation more than incredulity.
“At the end of the day, it’s always Putin First,” wrote conservative commentator and “Never Trumper” Bill Kristol.


Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the U.S. House of Representatives Dec. 19 of having "invented" a story to "revise" history and impeach President Trump. (Reuters)
“Trump wants us to know that Putin has his back. We know,” tweeted Eric Columbus, a former Justice Department appointee in the Obama administration.
“Putin is a dictator who jails opponents, kills opponents, invades neighbors, interferes in democracies’ elections, etc. I don’t think an American president should be buddying with him. I wonder if Trump defenders are ever (secretly) embarrassed by this stuff. I hope so,” wrote Jay Nordlinger, a senior editor at the right-leaning National Review.
At his annual end-of-the-year news conference on Thursday, Putin was asked about Trump’s impeachment. He called the charges “completely fabricated reasons.”
[[Putin stays in Trump’s corner on impeachment]]
That evening, Russian state media, which follows Putin’s lead, also threw its support behind Trump.


Donald Trump is the third president in U.S. history to face a Senate trial. (The Washington Post)
Popular Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Soloviev gave an impassioned defense of Trump on his evening show, raising his voice several times in a discussion with Atlantic Council expert Ariel Cohen.
“I can’t understand for what reason [Democrats] don’t like Trump,” Soloviev said.
Days earlier, on his two-hour Sunday night program, anchor Dmitry Kiselyov opined about how Hollywood has joined the Democrats in being against Trump, portraying him as “always on the dark side.”
And the state-sponsored Rossiya-1 news channel, which airs Soloviev’s show, recently broadcast segments of Rudolph W. Giuliani’s interview with right-wing channel One America News, in which the president’s personal attorney promoted debunked conspiracy theories about Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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  780. Trump touts Putin’s speaking out against his impeachment


A souvenir shop in Moscow displays Matryoshka dolls featuring President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Misha Friedman/AFP/Getty Images)
By Colby Itkowitz and Isabelle Khurshudyan
December 21 at 10:31 AM MT

Late Friday night, minutes before deplaning in Florida for the holidays, President Trump retweeted a link to an article in which Russian President Vladi­mir Putin defended him against impeachment.
“A total Witch Hunt!” the president tweeted at 10:30 p.m., as he shared a 36-hour-old Associated Press tweet that read: “BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin says U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment is far-fetched and predicts the U.S. Senate will reject it.”
Trump’s boasting of Putin’s support comes a day after The Washington Post reported that White House advisers feared Trump’s belief that Ukraine, not Russia, was responsible for interfering with the 2016 election was spurred by conversations Trump had with Putin.
[[Former White House officials say they feared Putin influenced the president’s views on Ukraine and 2016 campaign]]
Trump’s critics responded to the tweet, expressing exasperation more than incredulity.
“At the end of the day, it’s always Putin First,” wrote conservative commentator and “Never Trumper” Bill Kristol.


Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the U.S. House of Representatives Dec. 19 of having "invented" a story to "revise" history and impeach President Trump. (Reuters)
“Trump wants us to know that Putin has his back. We know,” tweeted Eric Columbus, a former Justice Department appointee in the Obama administration.
“Putin is a dictator who jails opponents, kills opponents, invades neighbors, interferes in democracies’ elections, etc. I don’t think an American president should be buddying with him. I wonder if Trump defenders are ever (secretly) embarrassed by this stuff. I hope so,” wrote Jay Nordlinger, a senior editor at the right-leaning National Review.
At his annual end-of-the-year news conference on Thursday, Putin was asked about Trump’s impeachment. He called the charges “completely fabricated reasons.”
[[Putin stays in Trump’s corner on impeachment]]
That evening, Russian state media, which follows Putin’s lead, also threw its support behind Trump.


Donald Trump is the third president in U.S. history to face a Senate trial. (The Washington Post)
Popular Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Soloviev gave an impassioned defense of Trump on his evening show, raising his voice several times in a discussion with Atlantic Council expert Ariel Cohen.
“I can’t understand for what reason [Democrats] don’t like Trump,” Soloviev said.
Days earlier, on his two-hour Sunday night program, anchor Dmitry Kiselyov opined about how Hollywood has joined the Democrats in being against Trump, portraying him as “always on the dark side.”
And the state-sponsored Rossiya-1 news channel, which airs Soloviev’s show, recently broadcast segments of Rudolph W. Giuliani’s interview with right-wing channel One America News, in which the president’s personal attorney promoted debunked conspiracy theories about Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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  791. THE DAY DEMOCRACY DIED sung to the Day the Music Died: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ue5F57dZMU A long long time ago A Tuesday in November When that sinking feeling laid us low And we knew if he had his way That we’d all live to curse the day When decency received a fatal blow His bankruptcies got no attention Pussy-grabbing — barely mentioned Promising a great wall He swore to make tax rates fall I still remember how I tried To have sympathy for his third bride But something rumbled deep inside The day democracy died , but... No, don’t let democracy die He’s a famous ignoramus — can’t tell truth from a lie And if he wins we’ll kiss our country goodbye Singin’ vote for anyone but this guy Vote for anyone but this guy Is Putin the one to blame ‘Cause we all know it was not Ukraine Who lost it by three million strong And do you believe the shit he says Repeated by Fox talking heads We’re quite amazed they fell for such a con All the red hats at his rallies cheer But there must be something in the beer ‘Cause if they had a brain Then they’d know this man’s insane He was a loser bullied by his Dad Kept bailing out his debts gone bad He craved the love he never had The day democracy died, so now we’re singin’ No, don’t let democracy die He’s a famous ignoramus — can’t tell truth from a lie And if he wins we’ll kiss our country goodbye Singin’ vote for anyone but this guy Vote for anyone but this guy Every four years we all make a choice And try to unite our divided voice I guess that’s how it’s always been Now we find ourselves in this crazy state In a war to vote for love or hate And we can’t ever let the darkness win Oh, dictatorship was not our thing But electors picked a tyrant king Impeaches sure taste sweet Oh but now that’s all history ‘Cause when Moscow Mitch gets on the case Then honor’s gone without a trace And we all prayed they’d be replaced Before democracy dies, now we’re singin’ No, don’t let democracy die He’s a famous ignoramus — can’t tell truth from a lie And if he wins we’ll kiss our country goodbye Singin’ vote for anyone but this guy Vote for anyone but this guy Face it, face it, he’s just a racist And “white” is what he means by “greatest” Rich and white is better, I guess A mobster with a crooked past Who laundered condos for autocrats But he can’t outrun the bloodhounds on his tracks ‘Cause the time keeps ticking like a fuse Fifty-two percent are not amused Too many to suppress Who want a White House repossessed Yeah, we know that right is on our side And soon we’ll look back full of pride Together we can reverse the tide Before democracy dies , now we’re singin’ No, don’t let democracy die He’s a famous ignoramus — can’t tell truth from a lie And if he wins we’ll kiss our country goodbye Singin’ vote for anyone but this guy Vote for anyone but this guy Oh, and when we’re alone in that booth All generations, age and youth The time has come to pick the one So come on, search your heart and search your soul Don’t flush our planet down a hole For an orange ass who’s blotting out the sun Oh, and as I watch him on a stage His lips — they twist in fits of rage Playing the victim well He casts his creepy spell And as conspiracies on Facebook flow We flip the page and just say no Because only sheep would watch that show And let democracy die , we’re all singin’ No, don’t let democracy die He’s a famous ignoramus — can’t tell truth from a lie And if he wins we’ll kiss our country goodbye Singin’ vote for anyone but this guy Vote for anyone but this guy I met a girl who chose him once Now she regrets she played the dunce And she’s a leading activist I went down to the polling place Saw lines for miles, all happy-faced And the crowd there knows who they’re not gonna pick And on the screens the pundits shriek A slanted poll, an angry tweet Hackers interfering It’s too late for a hearing Good thing you and I and all our friends Now realize our life depends On making sure this madness ends Before democracy dies , yeah we’re all singin’ No, don’t let democracy die He’s a famous ignoramus — can’t tell truth from a lie And if he wins we’ll kiss our country goodbye Singin’ vote for anyone but this guy Vote for anyone but this guy, we’re all singin’ No, don’t let democracy die He’s a famous ignoramus — can’t tell truth from a lie And if he wins we’ll kiss our country goodbye Singin’ vote for anyone but this guy
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  817.  @JobyPanachickal  a. Trump Campaign Promotion of IRA Political Materials Among the U.S. “leaders of public opinion” targeted by the IRA were various members and surrogates of the Trump Campaign. In total, Trump Campaign affiliates promoted dozens of tweets, posts, and other political content created by the IRA. - Posts from the IRA-controlled Twitter account @TEN_GOP were cited or retweeted by multiple Trump Campaign officials and surrogates, including Donald J. Trump Jr.,96 Eric 96 See, e.g., @DonaldJTrumpJr 10/26/16 Tweet (“RT @TEN_GOP: BREAKING Thousands of names changed on voter rolls in Indiana. Police investigating #VoterFraud. #DrainTheSwamp.”); @DonaldJTrumpJr 11/2/16 Tweet (“RT @TEN_GOP: BREAKING: #VoterFraud by counting tens of thousands of ineligible mail in Hillary votes being reported in Broward County, Florida.”); @DonaldJTrumpJr 11/8/16 Tweet (“RT @TEN_GOP: This vet passed away last month before he could vote for Trump. Here he is in his #MAGA hat. #voted #ElectionDay.”). Trump Jr. retweeted additional @TEN_GOP content subsequent to the election. 33 U.S. Department of Justice Attorney Work Product // May Contain Material Protected Under Fed. R. Crim. P. 6(e) Trump,97KellyanneConway,98BradParscale,99andMichaelT.Flynn.100 Thesepostsincluded allegations of voter fraud,101 as well as allegations that Secretary Clinton had mishandled classified information.102 - A November 7, 2016 post from the IRA-controlled Twitter account @Pamela_Moore13 was retweeted by Donald J. Trump Jr.103 - On September 19, 2017, President Trump’s personal account @realDonaldTrump responded to a tweet from the IRA-controlled account @10_gop (the backup account of @TEN_GOP, which had already been deactivated by Twitter). The tweet read: “We love you, Mr. President!”104 IRA employees monitored the reaction of the Trump Campaign and, later, Trump Administration officials to their tweets. For example, on August 23, 2016, the IRA- controlled persona “Matt Skiber” Facebook account sent a message to a U.S. Tea Party activist, writing that “Mr. Trump posted about our event in Miami! This is great!”105 The IRA employee included a screenshot of candidate Trump’s Facebook account, which included a post about the August 20, 2016 political rallies organized by the IRA. Screenshot of Trump Facebook Account (from Matt Skiber)
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  818.  @JobyPanachickal  e. Donald Trump Jr. Interaction with WikiLeaks Donald Trump Jr. had direct electronic communications with WikiLeaks during the campaign period. On September 20, 2016, an individual named Jason Fishbein sent WikiLeaks the password for an unlaunched website focused on Trump’s “unprecedented and dangerous” ties 245 During the same interview, Corsi also suggested that he may have sent out public tweets because he knew Assange was reading his tweets. Our Office was unable to find evidence of any such tweets. 246 Corsi 9/21/18 302, at 6-7. 247 Corsi 11/1/18 302, at 6. 248 249 250 251 Harm to Ongoing Matter .249 Harm to Ongoing Matter Harm to Ongoing Matter Harm to Ongoing Matter Harm to Ongoing Matter Grand Jury HOM Grand Jury Harm to Ongoing Matter HOM Grand Jury Harm to Ongoing Matter Grand Jury Harm to Ongoing Matter 59 U.S. Department of Justice Attorney Work Product // May Contain Material Protected Under Fed. R. Crim. P. 6(e) to Russia, PutinTrump.org.252 WikiLeaks publicly tweeted: “‘Let’s bomb Iraq’ Progress for America PAC to launch “PutinTrump.org’ at 9:30am. Oops pw is ‘putintrump’ putintrump.org.” Several hours later, WikiLeaks sent a Twitter direct message to Donald Trump Jr., “A PAC run anti-Trump site putintrump.org is about to launch. The PAC is a recycled pro-Iraq war PAC. We have guessed the password. It is ‘putintrump.’ See ‘About’ for who is behind it. Any comments?”253 Several hours later, Trump Jr. emailed a variety of senior campaign staff: Guys I got a weird Twitter DM from wikileaks. See below. I tried the password and it works and the about section they reference contains the next pic in terms of who is behind it. Not sure if this is anything but it seems like it’s really wikileaks asking me as I follow them and it is a DM. Do you know the people mentioned and what the conspiracy they are looking for could be? These are just screen shots but it’s a fully built out page claiming to be a PAC let me know your thoughts and if we want to look into it.254 Trump Jr. attached a screenshot of the “About” page for the unlaunched site PutinTrump.org. The next day (after the website had launched publicly), Trump Jr. sent a direct message to WikiLeaks: “Off the record, I don’t know who that is but I’ll ask around. Thanks.”255 On October 3, 2016, WikiLeaks sent another direct message to Trump Jr., asking “you guys” to help disseminate a link alleging candidate Clinton had advocated using a drone to target Julian Assange. Trump Jr. responded that he already “had done so,” and asked, “what’s behind this Wednesday leak I keep reading about?”256 WikiLeaks did not respond. On October 12, 2016, WikiLeaks wrote again that it was “great to see you and your dad talking about our publications. Strongly suggest your dad tweets this link if he mentions us wlsearch.tk.”257 WikiLeaks wrote that the link would help Trump in “digging through” leaked emails and stated, “we just released Podesta emails Part 4.”258 Two days later, Trump Jr. publicly tweeted the wlsearch.tk link.259
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  854. Trump touts Putin’s speaking out against his impeachment

Late Friday night, minutes before deplaning in Florida for the holidays, President Trump retweeted a link to an article in which Russian President Vladi­mir Putin defended him against impeachment.
“A total Witch Hunt!” the president tweeted at 10:30 p.m., as he shared a 36-hour-old Associated Press tweet that read: “BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin says U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment is far-fetched and predicts the U.S. Senate will reject it.”
Trump’s boasting of Putin’s support comes a day after The Washington Post reported that White House advisers feared Trump’s belief that Ukraine, not Russia, was responsible for interfering with the 2016 election was spurred by conversations Trump had with Putin.

Trump’s critics responded to the tweet, expressing exasperation more than incredulity.
“At the end of the day, it’s always Putin First,” wrote conservative commentator and “Never Trumper” Bill Kristol.

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the U.S. House of Representatives Dec. 19 of having "invented" a story to "revise" history and impeach President Trump. (Reuters)
“Trump wants us to know that Putin has his back. We know,” tweeted Eric Columbus, a former Justice Department appointee in the Obama administration.
“Putin is a dictator who jails opponents, kills opponents, invades neighbors, interferes in democracies’ elections, etc. I don’t think an American president should be buddying with him. I wonder if Trump defenders are ever (secretly) embarrassed by this stuff. I hope so,” wrote Jay Nordlinger, a senior editor at the right-leaning National Review.
At his annual end-of-the-year news conference on Thursday, Putin was asked about Trump’s impeachment. He called the charges “completely fabricated reasons.”
[[Putin stays in Trump’s corner on impeachment]]
That evening, Russian state media, which follows Putin’s lead, also threw its support behind Trump.

Donald Trump is the third president in U.S. history to face a Senate trial. (The Washington Post)
Popular Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Soloviev gave an impassioned defense of Trump on his evening show, raising his voice several times in a discussion with Atlantic Council expert Ariel Cohen.
“I can’t understand for what reason [Democrats] don’t like Trump,” Soloviev said.
Days earlier, on his two-hour Sunday night program, anchor Dmitry Kiselyov opined about how Hollywood has joined the Democrats in being against Trump, portraying him as “always on the dark side.”
And the state-sponsored Rossiya-1 news channel, which airs Soloviev’s show, recently broadcast segments of Rudolph W. Giuliani’s interview with right-wing channel One America News, in which the president’s personal attorney promoted debunked conspiracy theories about Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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  899. ChiefChirper34 But what if the Arms Carrying People were not White Militias but Black People? Would you still feel the same? Would you feel threatened, or call them Morons? The Mulford Act was a 1967 California bill that repealed a law allowing public carrying of loaded firearms. Named after Republican assemblyman Don Mulford, and signed into law by then governor of California, Ronald Reagan, the bill was crafted in response to members of the Black Panther Party who were lawfully conducting armed patrols of Oakland neighborhoods, in what would later be termed copwatching.[1] They garnered national attention after Black Panthers members, bearing arms, marched upon the California State Capitol to protest the bill.[2][3][ AB-1591 was made an “urgency statute” under Article IV, §8(d) of the Constitution of California after “an organized band of men armed with loaded firearms [...] entered the Capitol” on May 2nd, 1967[6]; as such, it required a 2/3 majority in each house. It passed the Assembly (controlled by Democrats 42:38) at subsequent readings, passed the Senate (split 20:20) on July 26th by 29 votes to 7[7], and was signed by Governor Ronald Reagan on July 28th, 1967. The law banned the carrying of loaded weapons in public. [8 Both Republicans and Democrats in California supported increased gun control. Governor Ronald Reagan, who was coincidentally present on the capitol lawn when the protesters arrived, later commented that he saw "no reason why on the street today a citizen should be carrying loaded weapons" and that guns were a "ridiculous way to solve problems that have to be solved among people of good will." In a later press conference, Reagan added that the Mulford Act "would work no hardship on the honest citizen."[9] Follow up article on how Republicans, Democrats, Klan Members, etc. have all worked together in the past to control guns. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/09/the-secret-history-of-guns/308608/ Now for my answer: I believe these people are Morons because they are not carrying a weapon for the purpose of protection but for the purpose of intimidation.
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  1127. Trump touts Putin’s speaking out against his impeachment

A souvenir shop in Moscow displays Matryoshka dolls featuring President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Misha Friedman/AFP/Getty Images)
By Colby Itkowitz and Isabelle Khurshudyan
December 21 at 10:31 AM MT

Late Friday night, minutes before deplaning in Florida for the holidays, President Trump retweeted a link to an article in which Russian President Vladi­mir Putin defended him against impeachment.
“A total Witch Hunt!” the president tweeted at 10:30 p.m., as he shared a 36-hour-old Associated Press tweet that read: “BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin says U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment is far-fetched and predicts the U.S. Senate will reject it.”
Trump’s boasting of Putin’s support comes a day after The Washington Post reported that White House advisers feared Trump’s belief that Ukraine, not Russia, was responsible for interfering with the 2016 election was spurred by conversations Trump had with Putin.
[[Former White House officials say they feared Putin influenced the president’s views on Ukraine and 2016 campaign]]
Trump’s critics responded to the tweet, expressing exasperation more than incredulity.
“At the end of the day, it’s always Putin First,” wrote conservative commentator and “Never Trumper” Bill Kristol.


Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the U.S. House of Representatives Dec. 19 of having "invented" a story to "revise" history and impeach President Trump. (Reuters)
“Trump wants us to know that Putin has his back. We know,” tweeted Eric Columbus, a former Justice Department appointee in the Obama administration.
“Putin is a dictator who jails opponents, kills opponents, invades neighbors, interferes in democracies’ elections, etc. I don’t think an American president should be buddying with him. I wonder if Trump defenders are ever (secretly) embarrassed by this stuff. I hope so,” wrote Jay Nordlinger, a senior editor at the right-leaning National Review.
At his annual end-of-the-year news conference on Thursday, Putin was asked about Trump’s impeachment. He called the charges “completely fabricated reasons.”
[[Putin stays in Trump’s corner on impeachment]]
That evening, Russian state media, which follows Putin’s lead, also threw its support behind Trump.


Donald Trump is the third president in U.S. history to face a Senate trial. (The Washington Post)
Popular Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Soloviev gave an impassioned defense of Trump on his evening show, raising his voice several times in a discussion with Atlantic Council expert Ariel Cohen.
“I can’t understand for what reason [Democrats] don’t like Trump,” Soloviev said.
Days earlier, on his two-hour Sunday night program, anchor Dmitry Kiselyov opined about how Hollywood has joined the Democrats in being against Trump, portraying him as “always on the dark side.”
And the state-sponsored Rossiya-1 news channel, which airs Soloviev’s show, recently broadcast segments of Rudolph W. Giuliani’s interview with right-wing channel One America News, in which the president’s personal attorney promoted debunked conspiracy theories about Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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  1236.  InCogNito  The Trump campaign also sought to temporarily stop counting some ballots in Detroit. It cited a GOP poll watcher who had said she had been told by an unidentified person that late mail ballots were being predated to before Election Day, so they would be considered valid. The judge repeatedly asserted this was hearsay, but Trump campaign lawyer Thor Hearne sought to argue that it wasn’t — despite it having been someone who said they heard about something they weren’t personally involved in. He pointed to a vague note the poll watcher produced — which said “entered receive date as 11/2/20 on 11/4/20” — as evidence: STEPHENS: So I want to make sure I understand you. The affiant is not the person who had knowledge of this. Is that correct? HEARNE: The affiant had direct firsthand knowledge of the communication with the elections inspector and the document they provided them. STEPHENS: Okay, which is generally known as hearsay, right? HEARNE: I would not think that’s hearsay, Your Honor. That’s firsthand personal knowledge by the affiant of what she physically observed. And we included an exhibit which is a physical copy of the note that she was provided. The two later returned to the point, after Stephens reviewed the note, and Stephens echoed Judge Diamond’s exasperation: STEPHENS: I’m still trying to understand why this isn’t hearsay. HEARNE: Well, it’s, it, I – STEPHENS: I absolutely understand what the affiant says she heard someone say to her. But the truth of the matter … that you’re going for was that there was an illegal act occurring. Because other than that I don’t know what its relevancy is. HEARNE: Right. I would say, Your Honor, in terms of the hearsay point, this is a firsthand factual statement made by Ms. Connarn, and she has made that statement based on her own firsthand physical evidence and knowledge -- STEPHENS: “I heard somebody else say something.” Tell me why that’s not hearsay. Come on, now. HEARNE: Well it’s a firsthand statement of her physical – STEPHENS: It’s an out-of-court statement offered where the truth of the matter is asserted, right?
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  1285. Timmy H What a bucket of shit your last post was. Let us unpack your post together: 1. Despising a democratically elected president - of this I am guilty. But let us explore “democratically elected”. Elected by popular vote - no lost by 3.5 million. Won by electoral vote - with massive Russian GRU Spy Agency assistance - yes. Treasonous Trump colluded with Russian GRU Spy agents 37 times - though not to the level of a crime because one must prove frame of mind and intent. None the less any American colluding with Russian Spies is very disturbingly treasonous. By the way did you know that Hitler, and Napoleon III were both democratically elected? 2. Godless? I believe in Both God and Jesus as my savior - unlike are president. I have never cheated on my wife or my taxes. I have never stiffed creditors or contractors. I served in the military at the point of the spear. All of these things unlike our president. Further, I question if Southern Evangelicals are really Christians. Their faith seems to have more in common with the Taliban and ISIS than the New Testament. 3. Stopping illegals is a desirable thing to do. One of the biggest ways to stop illegals is to punish those who hire them - no jobs previous few illegals. Trump could start with his own golf courses who knowingly hired illegals until it became a story. Odd to fight for a wall while hiring illegals. 4. Ripping a heart beating baby out of your womb and slitting its throat? What kind of mothers have you been hanging around? Further, please provide one documented proof that this has ever happened? Sounds like Hannity or Tucker told you a lie. 5. Obama’s a Muslim? Once again you are quoting Hannity, Tucker, and surprise our illustrious president. By the way did you know Trump is the Anti Christ - the proof is in the Bible. Have fun trying to prove a negative. 6. Billions? Cash? East? I think your fingers lagged behind your brain at this point. 7. Wipe out Israel? Who? But as long as we are on the subject have you read anything on the foundational history of Israel from 1905 forwards. Have you read anything on how Israel administers the West Bank - are you familiar with America’s Jim Crow era? 8. A boy can be a girl and a girl can be a boy based on how they feel today much like getting dressed? Do you know any gay people or ever talked to a transgender person. You don’t wake up one day a decide to be any of the above. You are born this way and you suffer people like you all of your life. 9. See the battle for what it is. Yes I do see the battle for what it is - the very soul and morality of America. You are proposing fascism and I am proposing enlightenment. You a worshiping a vengeful hate full God like the Taliban and I am worshiping and enlightened loving God. In closing give up your hate and turn to a loving God. Jesus will show you the way. The Bible is a Rorschach test - it’s shows you who you are by what you focus on.
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  1315. Charisma 101 Let us clear up a few issues before I respond. Yes, I have read the Bible and continue to do so. Yes, I attend church and a believer in God and our savior Jesus. Now to respond: At fist, my inclination was to point out to you the many passages, primarily in the Old Testament - some in the New , that absolutely are appalling. My intent was to show you that the feeble mind of man was at work here. My next inclination was to go into the history of the Bible. How the Bible became what we know it as today. Who wrote what and probably when. What surviving manuscripts, and fragments, allowed us to form gospels. How the Bible was translated from Greek to Latin to English, etc. We could talk about the various early Bishops who championed various gospels and those who lost. Finally, we could have a rousing debate over Constantin and the Council(s) of Nicaea. But in the end I believe God wants me to tell you a more personal story. I grew up in a very religious and conservative family. I, like you, was taught that Homosexuality was a major sin. As I progressed through life I stared to come in contact, and become friends with , these so called sinners. I listened to their stories of anguish trying to fight who they were born to be. I began to understand that God did not give them a choice to be Heterosexual. I began to understand that Homosexuality shows up in nature and is therefore a mistake of nature ( or a mistake of nature as we understand “normal”). I truly wrestled with this conundrum. Many gays I have know are good Christian people. They do not want to be forsaken by God but also can not deny the nature God gave them. Homosexuality is not just about sex, it is more about who you love. In the end I realized that sin is derived from freewill. We choose to harm others , or society, and therefore commit sin. Gay people are not given freewill on there sexual orientation any more than you were. On another note, being a student of history and all of its tragedies, I fear for the Conservative Evangelicals. I believe they are on a path that allows the Devil to do/be evil (through Conservative Evangelical Preachers) in the name of God. History is full of so called heretics being burned at the stake, of wars of religion, persecutions, and inquisitions. Our evil nature’s drive us to judgement and an abuse of our powers overs others. I fear that Conservative Evangelicals have fallen for an Antichrist like figure (Trump) are being led astray. I fear that all of these Televangelists are milking the masses of their monies by appealing to their baser instincts. I fear that Conservative Evangelicals are destroying our democracy and are leading us into the hands of a would be dictator. I wish you well, and May God’s love and Jesus’s Salvation guide you through out your life.
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  1342. Mustang Dave Well, well, well, Jar Head, (If you were a Jar Head and I have my doubts) the violent nature of a MAGA Maggot is strong in you. Let us, together, pick apart your last rant: 1. “Never Served” Not so my little friend, many more years than you (If in fact you ever served). 2. “NAZIS as Socialists” A grain of truth (the word shows up is the name) but far from Truth - which is a trade mark of MAGA Maggots. Let us look more closely at NAZI philosophy. National Socialism (German: Nationalsozialismus), more commonly known as Nazism (/ˈnɑːtsiɪzəm, ˈnæt-/),[1] is the ideology and practices associated with the Nazi Party—officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP)—in Nazi Germany, and of other far-right groups with similar ideas and aims. Nazism is a form of fascism and showed that ideology's disdain for liberal democracy and the parliamentary system, but also incorporated fervent antisemitism, anti-communism, anti-socialism, scientific racism, and eugenics into its creed. Its extreme nationalism came from Pan-Germanism and the ethno-nationalist völkisch movement prominent in the German nationalism of the time, and it was strongly influenced by the Freikorps paramilitary groups that emerged after Germany's defeat in World War I, from which came the party's "cult of violence" that was "at the heart of the movement."[2] Nazism subscribed to pseudo-scientific theories of racial hierarchy[3] and Social Darwinism, identifying the Germans as a part of what the Nazis regarded as an Aryan or Nordic master race.[4] It aimed to overcome social divisions and create a German homogeneous society based on racial purity which represented a people's community (Volksgemeinschaft). The Nazis aimed to unite all Germans living in historically German territory, as well as gain additional lands for German expansion under the doctrine of Lebensraum and exclude those who they deemed either community aliens or "inferior" races. The term "National Socialism" arose out of attempts to create a nationalist redefinition of "socialism", as an alternative to both Marxist international socialism and free market capitalism. Nazism rejected the Marxist concepts of class conflict and universal equality, opposed cosmopolitan internationalism, and sought to convince all parts of the new German society to subordinate their personal interests to the "common good", accepting political interests as the main priority of economic organization,[5] which tended to match the general outlook of collectivism or communitarianism rather than economic socialism. Their are several important words you should pay attention too. Nationalism, Far Right or Alt Right, Violent, Racist, Cultish Leadership, Anti-Communism, Anti-Socialism, etc. Essential Nazism is everything you stand for. Sorry to call you a Moron, but any non Moron would know that Nazism/Fascism is a disease of the Right. So back to my original point: Why do you hate everything America Stands for?
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  1360. T Ballstaedt 1. Mueller Report Vol 1: In this report Treasonous and his Campaign Officials (6 who have been convicted of serious crimes) worked with, sought help from, received help from, met with over 32 times, the GRU Russian Spy Agency (formerly known as the KGB). Did not rise to the level of criminal conspiracy but still a betrayal of America (Betrayal is a Synonym for Treason) 2. Treasonous Trump’s Helsinki speech with Vladimir Putin. Despite being told by the CIA, NSA, DIA, and FBI that Putin and his GRU was behind hacking of the DNC and providing material support to his Campaign, Trump still took Putin’s word that it want Russia. Very, Very, Odd. A Betrayal of our American Agencies and maybe treasonous in nature. 3. TT betrayed his oath of office by trying to extort Ukraine for personal gain. If Hunter Biden is guilty of a crime then the Justice Department is the proper Agency - at this point no one can say what the crime might be. That is not how American justice works. 4. TT betrayed the Kurds and American National interests. Why, because TT has a very, very, odd relationship with Putin. TT will do some really strange things to please Putin. Examples: Helsinki speech, TTs fawning praise of Putin, TT trying to overturn the Magnitski Act at the beginning of his presidency - that was more than likely the message that Flynn and Sessions carried to the Russians in their secret contacts. So yes, Treason is an apt and very appropriate word. Far more scandalous than any “Re Set Button” could ever hope to be.
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  1370. T Ballstaedt Fascism is a RightWing phenomena that always leads to a dictator but with property rights for the Oligarchs and table scraps for the masses - examples Hitler, Mussolini, Franco etc. Far LeftWing Socialism, historically has lead to state owned Assets re directed for the personal enrichment of the Political Elite (AKA Oligarchs) - examples Chavez of Venezuela. Note: The use of the word Socialist is very murky as many countries exposing socialism are really just Dictators claiming to care about their populous. However, several Western European countries are Socialist Democracies and very successful. Communism I believe we both agree always leads to a Dictator. In the end it is all about balancing incentives, property rights, taxes, healthcare, opportunities, regulations, welfare, military spending, research, and insuring no one group can game the system. There is a sweet spot in Capitalism and Socialism that works for the largest number of citizens - any divination outside of the Bell Curve leads to unrest. In my opinion America has deviated outside of the Bell Curve towards Crony Capitalism and needs a Rosevelt to bring us back in line. I see TT as a part of the problem - instead of Draining the Swamp he is setting himself up as Swamp King Maker. TTs actions speak even louder than his words. He is filling our Agencies with people who care little for science or facts, but are loyal to TT and are willing to swim against the tide of reason - global warming, fracking, pollution, cancer causing chemicals, etc.
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  1379. Trump touts Putin’s speaking out against his impeachment

Late Friday night, minutes before deplaning in Florida for the holidays, President Trump retweeted a link to an article in which Russian President Vladi­mir Putin defended him against impeachment.
“A total Witch Hunt!” the president tweeted at 10:30 p.m., as he shared a 36-hour-old Associated Press tweet that read: “BREAKING: Russian President Vladimir Putin says U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment is far-fetched and predicts the U.S. Senate will reject it.”
Trump’s boasting of Putin’s support comes a day after The Washington Post reported that White House advisers feared Trump’s belief that Ukraine, not Russia, was responsible for interfering with the 2016 election was spurred by conversations Trump had with Putin.

Trump’s critics responded to the tweet, expressing exasperation more than incredulity.
“At the end of the day, it’s always Putin First,” wrote conservative commentator and “Never Trumper” Bill Kristol.

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the U.S. House of Representatives Dec. 19 of having "invented" a story to "revise" history and impeach President Trump. (Reuters)
“Trump wants us to know that Putin has his back. We know,” tweeted Eric Columbus, a former Justice Department appointee in the Obama administration.
“Putin is a dictator who jails opponents, kills opponents, invades neighbors, interferes in democracies’ elections, etc. I don’t think an American president should be buddying with him. I wonder if Trump defenders are ever (secretly) embarrassed by this stuff. I hope so,” wrote Jay Nordlinger, a senior editor at the right-leaning National Review.
At his annual end-of-the-year news conference on Thursday, Putin was asked about Trump’s impeachment. He called the charges “completely fabricated reasons.”
[[Putin stays in Trump’s corner on impeachment]]
That evening, Russian state media, which follows Putin’s lead, also threw its support behind Trump.

Donald Trump is the third president in U.S. history to face a Senate trial. (The Washington Post)
Popular Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Soloviev gave an impassioned defense of Trump on his evening show, raising his voice several times in a discussion with Atlantic Council expert Ariel Cohen.
“I can’t understand for what reason [Democrats] don’t like Trump,” Soloviev said.
Days earlier, on his two-hour Sunday night program, anchor Dmitry Kiselyov opined about how Hollywood has joined the Democrats in being against Trump, portraying him as “always on the dark side.”
And the state-sponsored Rossiya-1 news channel, which airs Soloviev’s show, recently broadcast segments of Rudolph W. Giuliani’s interview with right-wing channel One America News, in which the president’s personal attorney promoted debunked conspiracy theories about Ukrainian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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  1424.  @opinionsarelikebuttholes4458  The claim from the 2 is that the Precincts have inconsistencies or are out of balance. This is always the case, and can be due to a bubble not fully being filed in, a ballot not recording for what ever reason, a double feed, etc. It's called a margin of error, you live with this margin of error daily and are surrounded by it. The real question is how large is the margin of error? Over 10s of thousands of votes, and you are only out of balance by 2 - your team did a damm good job. Now if your vote tally is within 500 votes, like it was in Bush v Gore in Florida, then you want to go over everything with a fine tooth comb. If you have a overwhelming lead like Biden in Michigan 2020 or Trump Michigan 2016 then it is a waste of time to get down in the weeds. As for the character of the two Republican Canvassers there are issues. Mrs. Palmer Claimed her only concern was the 1 or 2 vote out of balance precincts, she certified the vote with a promise for an audit of those precincts that were out of balance, but only in minor insignificant ways. Within 24, hours of Trump calling Mrs. Palmer she tried to rescind her vote - how do you explain this. Now Mr. Hartman, the other Republican Canvasser, has a massive character issue: "Mr. Hartmann had filled his Facebook page with false allegations and conspiracy theories that the vote was manipulated against the president. One post included allegations about malfeasance in Detroit that a judge has called “not credible,” and another featured a video promoting a cornucopia of fraud allegations — including against Detroit — that have unraveled in court or been debunked by election officials. Mr. Hartmann also promoted a video from the right-wing cable network One America News that Facebook flagged as having “false information” about the coronavirus death rate. Tuesday’s inflammatory meeting also drew attention to Mr. Hartmann’s social media feeds, where old posts showed racist depictions of President Barack Obama, whom Mr. Hartmann once referred to as a “Muslim President” (Mr. Obama is Christian)." Bottom Line, Trump always has been Corrupt and a Serial Liar and now he is taking extraordinary actions to further attack our Democratic Institutions. Which raises the question I present to you: When push comes to shove, do you value our American Democracy than you value your Cult Membership to Trump?
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